This document provides an introduction to a pro-seminar discussing Web 2.0 and mobility. It poses questions about what Web 2.0 and mobility mean, and suggests they will be critically analyzed in the context of higher education. Web 2.0 is described as focused on social networking and user-generated content, using tools like AJAX and rich internet applications. Mobility is defined as relating to people, data, and ideas, and its importance is that it increases capabilities and development. The importance of Web 2.0 is that it increases mobility.

1. Pro-Seminar:
Web 2.0 & Mobility:
A Critical Analysis
Mark A.M. Kramer
Research Fellow / Doctoral Candidate
www.mamk.net

2. Pro-Seminar:
Before we begin...
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3. Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U

4. Purpose:
To critically assess the meaning
of Web 2.0 & Mobility within the
context of higher-education

5. Questions to ask:
What is Web 2.0 ?
Image - The Economist

6. What is Web 2.0 ?
Web 2.0 is...
• focused (socialpeople
on
★ networking)
• the read-writecontent)
Web
★(user generated
• a set of tools
✦AJAX - Asynchronous Java & XML
✦RIA - Rich Internet Applications
•useful Web services

7. Video impulse:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LzQIUANnHc

8. Video impulse:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Alspot

9. Questions to ask:
What is mobility ?
Image - The Economist

10. What is mobility?

11. Mobility is...
People
Data Ideas
ople

12. Video impulse:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4CV05HyAbM

13. Why is mobility important?
we are all developing to some degree
...mobility increases
capabilities & development

14. Why is Web 2.0 important?
It increases mobility

15. Contact:
www.mamk.net